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The incidence and economic significance of ovine toxoplasmosis in Uruguay.
The incidence and economic significance of ovine toxoplasmosis in Uruguay.
- Source :
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Veterinary parasitology [Vet Parasitol] 1999 Feb 01; Vol. 81 (1), pp. 85-8. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii were measured before and after pregnancy in a 1:64 dilution of sera with the direct agglutination test in 1613 ewes from 18 farms in eight different counties of Uruguay from 1992 to 1994. The overall seroprevalence increased from 28.7% before mating to 38.5% after lambing in 2.5 years and thus the incidence was 9.8%. Losses due to toxoplasmosis during pregnancy were estimated to be 1.4-3.9% of the total number of ewes investigated, amounting to approximately US$1.4-4.7 million for the whole country.
- Subjects :
- Abortion, Veterinary economics
Agglutination Tests veterinary
Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan blood
Female
Incidence
Male
Pregnancy
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Sheep
Sheep Diseases economics
Toxoplasma immunology
Toxoplasmosis, Animal economics
Uruguay epidemiology
Sheep Diseases epidemiology
Toxoplasma isolation & purification
Toxoplasmosis, Animal epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0304-4017
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Veterinary parasitology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9950332
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-4017(98)00215-5